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Laundry Delivery Boy with Harmonica

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, ochre, orange, gray, earthy, black, white, yellow and green. Thick texture and marked brushstrokes. Dyer bike holding clothes and playing bagpipes occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. To the right of center, front boy sitting on a bicycle with his on the right arm stretched horizontally holding suggesting be a jumpsuit that goes almost to the ground and with his on the left hand holding a harmonica that is in the mouth. wear shirt with stripes horizontally and tights. Feet, barefoot, are supported on the bicycle pedals. The floor is all worked with lines almost vertical and the bottom with lines on the left of the diagonal to the right, upwards, and these two areas are divided by line also slightly diagonally on the left to the right , upwards.

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  • Title: Laundry Delivery Boy with Harmonica
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w22 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:musicians:harmonica player, Brazilian Culture:popular types:laundry man, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 949
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4472
Projeto Portinari

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